Mountain West Wire

Jeremy and Matt are back do look into the future and discuss the teams that have not yet won a Mountain West football title. They dissect and attempt to figure out who will be the next first-time champion, how long before that team could get there, and what needs to change within the program to achieve this feat. The teams we discuss are Air Force, Colorado State, Hawaii, Nevada, UNLV, Wyoming, an...

Jeremy and Andy are back to talk about Mountain West hoops. Boise State is crushing it in the league with 13 consecutive wins and the league as a whole is looking like a four-bid league. Also, the two discuss what is most important when choosing an NCAA Tournament team. All of the data should be used as a puzzle piece and not just analytics to view how good or bad a team is. Sometimes just watchin...

Jeremy and Matt are back to discuss some coaching changes within the league and specifically how the Hawaii job went down in choosing Timmy Chang. The Warriors search was the most public search with comments from athletic director David Matlin and June Jones. The end result of Chang is a good move but it will take some time to get the program where it needs to be. The second part of the show is di...

Jeremy and Matt are back to go over who should take over as Hawaii's new head coach since Todd Graham was very likely feeling the pressure and resigned on Friday. Now the search is on to find who will be the next Warriors coach. One trait is that the next coach needs to have some ties to the Hawaii football program. The two also go through the transfer portal to see what teams are performing well...

Jeremy and Matt are back to discuss last week's Hawaii State Senate hearing regarding the Warriors football program. Things did not go well for Todd Graham or athletic director David Matlin for what was said. Players, family and outsiders do no like how the program is going, and Matlin was asked point blank about firing Graham if they had the money and he said no. The other half of the show is us...

Jeremy is joined by Jesse Tachiquin who contributes Wyoming opinion content for MWWire.com to discuss what the heck is going on with the Cowboys football team. There have been so many transfers within a day of the bowl game. Is there a coaching issue with Craig Bohl for his behavior or does he need a more exciting brand of football on the offensive side of the ball? Also, was it a good or bad idea...

Jeremy and Andy are back to talk some college basketball and we stress on some. COVID-19 is causing a lot of games to be postponed and most likely canceled. The big game they discuss is a shuffled game with Colorado State taking on San Digo State and it will air on CBS this Saturday. The Aztecs are a heavy favorite against the undefeated Rams. They try to figure out what teams are on pause, how ma...

Here is a clip of our upcoming Wyoming offseason show with Jeremy and guest Jesse Tachiquin who contributes Cowboy content to MWWire.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back after a little bit of a break to go over the final Mountain West bowl games which include the Frisco Bowl, QuickLane Bowl and the First Responders Bowl game. They also get into the cancelations of the Arizona and Hawaii Bowl. Plus, they discuss transfers that are happening all across the league. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the Hawaii Bowl which features the hometown team Hawaii Warriors taking on the Memphis Tigers out of the AAC. The Warriors got into this game as an exemption when another bowl popped up out of nowhere which allowed Hawaii to keep playing. One big storyline to watch is how Hawaii has had some controversy with head coach Todd Graham and some players. Notably, QB C...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the upcoming Frisco Bowl game between UTSA and San Diego State. This is one of very few games that featured double-digit wins on each side, and even fewer when not looking at the New Year's Six game. San Diego State is looking to bounce back from its loss to Utah State from the Mountain West title game. There is still no word on who the starting QB will b. UTSA...

Jeremy and Andy are back to go over everything and anything from the non-conference slate of Mountain West basketball so far. What teams are surprising and what teams have a little bit more work to do. Also, they discuss how NIL could help a few programs reach their potential. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt and Jeremy are back to recap the first two bowl games of the Mountain West postseason. Fresno State came from behind to defeat UTEP in the New Mexico Bowl and behind a very good performance from running back Jordan Mims. Utah State topped Oregon State in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl and were led by backup QB Cooper Legas who hit a touchdown strike on his first college football pass. Learn more ab...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl which features Wyoming and Kent State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back to first take a look at Nevada's hiring of Ken Wilson and what it really shows about the commitment to football in Reno. They get into some signing day coverage and how there was an exodus of transfer and recruit flips from Nevada to Colorado State by following Jay Norvell. They then get into the two bowl games this weekend that are the PUBG New Mexico Bowl and the Jimmy K...

Jeremy and Matt are joined freelance journalist Marc Delucchi who wrote an excellent piece at SFGate.com regarding Hawaii football and some of the internal issues that players are having with head coach Todd Graham. The situation is not good as many players are in the transfer portal which includes multiple starters such as QB Chevan Cordeiro and RB Dae Dae Hunter. There is a strife between player...

Jeremy and Josh are back again to discuss Colorado State's ruthless hire of bringing in Jay Norvell to be its next head coach. Norvell was previously Nevada's head coach and this is the first time in the Mountain West that a head coach has taken the same job within the league. Resources are a big reason why this move was made as Norvell was making $625,000 per which ranked near the very bottom of...

Jeremy and Matt are back to recap the unexpected result of the 2021 Mountain West football title game which saw Utah State win 46-13 over San Diego State. There is a lot that went on in that game including San Diego State having 20 players -- majority reserves -- out due to COVID-19 and/or contact tracing. The Aggies played arguably their best game and the Aztecs did not which led to the blowout r...

Jeremy and Josh take a look at Colorado State who fired Steve Addazio after a 4-12 record in just two seasons. The two go over the coaching candidates, what went right and what went wrong. There is a list of 27 candidates but we don't get into them all because there are a few off-the-wall ones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the 2021 Mountain West football championship game between Utah State and San Diego State. They go through key players, under the radar players, injury updates, covid issues and what side of the ball really has an edge. Also, they wrap with their predictions of who will win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt are back to talk about the craziness that is the first few days of the "offseason" in college football. Fresno State's Kalen DeBoer is off to Washington as very well could be QB Jake Haener. The portal in general is on fire with a lot of movement already happening. One of the biggest news items was that Hawaii players hosted a Twitter Spaces and basically called out the program and...

Jeremy goes solo to recap the Week 13 of Mountain West play that had a lot of blowouts and the end result for the championship game is San Diego State hosting Utah State on Saturday afternoon. The biggest story of the weekend was Colorado State's Steve Addazio getting ejected in the first half of a blowout loss against Nevada. This brings up a lot more questions about if Addazio should remain as t...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the final full week of Mountain Wet football as we approach Week 13. Games are spread out with Fresno State and San Jose State and Thanksgiving Day for the battle for the Valley Trophy. Friday has a triple header with Boise State traveling to San Diego State for a 9 a.m. local kick time in Carson, California, in what is the featured matchup of the day. Utah Stat...

Jeremy and Matt are back to recap the 12th week of Mountain West football which had quite a few interesting games. UNLV had ample opportunities to upset a ranked San Diego State team but could not get over the hump, but safe to say about the Rebels is that they are. on the up and up. Air Force and Nevada had an epic comeback that went the Falcons way in overtime and eliminated the Wolf Plack from...

Jeremy and Matt are back to preview the five conference games this week in Mountain West play and it all gets started on Friday night with an interesting Air Force vs. Nevada game. The loser is all but out of their respective division race as each have two losses. This is a game where the Wolf Pack must figure out how to stop the Falcons ground attack if they are going to win. UNLV hosts San Diego...